PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Top seeds cruise on 1st day of wheelchair tennis
France’s Stephane Houdet and the Netherlands’ Esther Vergeer both won their opening singles matches.

Russia and Ukraine impress in football 7-a-side
Gold medal contenders cruise to impressive wins on first day

Sailors take to the water at Portland Harbour
Eighty athletes are expected to compete over the three classes: 2.4mR, SKUD18 and Sonar.

Lee Jiseok, Zhang Cuiping and Dong Chao all in action
China and Korea strong on day three as British shooters look to make their mark.

Sitting volleyball champions on court on Day 3
Iran men’s team and China women’s team face opponents at ExCeL Arena.

Brazil tops Lithuania to headline goalball matches
Brazil and Turkey head stellar days on the goalball court on the third day of London 2012.
Ellie Simmonds set for her first London 2012 race
Andre Brasil, Natalie Du Toit and Daniel Dias also in action.

Powerlifters continue to push the limits on Day 3
Esther Oyema, Tamara Podpalnaya and Nader Moradi among the contenders.

Jiri Jezek may become the most successful cyclist
Jezek will try to better his four-medal haul from Beijing, where he won gold in both the 4km Pursuit and Time Trial and silver in the 1km and Team Sprint.

Pascoe and Simmonds make splash on Day 3
There have now been 40 Paralympic records and 34 world records broken at the Aquatics Centre.

Smyth, McKillop, O’Hanlon, Stilwell light up Olympic Stadium
A slew of world and Paralympic records were smashed on the second night of Athletics.

Rowers battle it out in repechages at Eton Dorney
Urkaine, USA and Brazil all qualified boats for Sunday’s (1 September) medal events.

Gold medal glory for Whitehead on Day 3
A morning of broken records marked the third day of Athletics competition.

Hynd brothers take the spotlight
British swimmers claim silver and bronze after mother, Helen, was a Paralympic Torchbearer.

Australia and Japan set to clash in opening goalball fixture
Great Britain hoping to bounce back from an 11-1 defeat against Lithuania on Friday.

Brazil and Germany impress in the men’s sitting volleyball
China lay down an early marker in women's competition

IPC extends partnership with Ottobock
Ottobock will continue to serve as a worldwide Paralympic partner for the IPC through the Rio 2016 Games.

Record defying opening day for Athletics
With 11 gold medals up for grabs, the morning session kicked-off with an impressive start: four world records were broken.

French players hit top form in table tennis
Yeung Chi Ka produces dominant display in women's competition

What to watch: Day 2
China and USA will battle it out in sitting volleyball, Canada and Great Britain meet in wheelchair basketball and the women’s 200m individual medley S5 will feature.